boermeel, noun

/ˈbʊəmiəl//ˈbuːrmiəl/
Forms:
Also boeremeel.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, boer farmer(’s) + meel meal, flour.
Boer meal. Also attributive.
1958 L.G. Green S. Afr. Beachcomber 24They always loaded the wagon with a cask of good wine, coffee, a bag of boeremeel for bread, eight air-tight paraffin tins of boerebeskuit, and plenty of ox-biltong.
1970 Beeton & Dorner in Eng. Usage in Sn Afr. Vol.1 No.1, 18Boermeel,..Grade of wheat flour containing a higher proportion of wheat germ than white flour, but a lower proportion than whole-wheat flour.
1971 L.G. Green Taste of S.-Easter 87When you come to the sweets..you find a typically South African recipe. There among the canary, date and other puddings is a boermeel pudding.
1976 S. Cloete Chetoko 85They bought mealie-meal, boermeel, tea, coffee, sugar.
Boer meal. Also attributive.
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Boer meal, noun phrasen. phr.Boerperd, nounn.
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